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This is long but worth reading for your health.

This came to me from a nurse  at UC Davis. An  Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer . I  hope you all take the time to read this and pass it on to all you can.

Years  ago, Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer. Her symptoms were inconclusive, and  she was treated for  everything under the sun until it
was too late. This blood  test finally identified her illness but alas, too late. She wrote a book to  heighten awareness. Gene Wilder is her widower.

KATHY'S  STORY:  This is the story of Kathy West   As  all of you know, I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only recently  been identified as its OWN type of cancer, but it is essentially Ovarian Cancer.   Both  types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way, with the "tumor marker" CA-125  BLOOD TEST, and they are treated in the same way -surgery to remove the primary  tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and  Carboplatin.   Having  gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same fate. That is why  I am sending
this message to you and hope you will print it and give it or send it via E-mail to everybody you know.

One thing I have learned is that each of us must take TOTAL responsibility for our own health care. I thought I had done that because I always had an annual physical and PAP smear, did a monthly Self-Breast Exam, went to the dentist at  least twice a year, etc. I even insisted on a sigmoidoscopy and a bone  density test last year. When  I had a total hysterectomy in 1993, I
thought that I did not have to worry about  getting any of the female reproductive organ  cancers.

LITTLE  DID I KNOW.  I don't have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when they were  removed), but I have what is essentially ovarian cancer. Strange, isn't it? These  are just SOME of the ! things o ur Doctors never tell us:   ONE out of every 55 women will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY PERITONEAL CANCER.

The "CLASSIC" symptoms are an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES and CONSTIPATION and/or DIARRHEA.

I had these classic symptoms and went to the doctor.  Because these symptoms seemed to be "abdominal", I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran tests that were designed to determine whether there was a bacterial infection; these tests were  negative, and I was diagnosed with "Irritable Bowel Syndrome". I guess I would  have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my enlarged abdomen. I swear  to you, it looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant! I therefore insisted on more tests.   They  took an X-ray of my abdomen; it was negative. I was again assured that I had  Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged to go on my scheduled month-long  trip to Europe. I couldn't wear any of my slacks or shorts because I couldn't  get them
buttoned, and I KNEW something was radically wrong. I INSISTED on more tests, and they (reluctantly) scheduled me for a CT-Scan (jus t to shut me up, I  think). This is what I mean by "taking charge of our own health care."   The  CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal).  Needless to  say, I had to cancel my trip and have FIVE POUNDS of fluid drawn off at the  hospital (not a pleasant experience I assure you), but NOTHING compared to what  was ahead of me.   Tests  revealed cancer cells in the fluid.  Finally, finally, finally, the doctor  ran a CA-125 blood test, and I was properly diagnosed.

I  HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND YET THIS SIMPLE CA-125 BLOOD  TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME, not as part of my annual
physical exam and not  when I was symptomatic. This is an inexpensive and ! simple b lood  test!   PLEASE,  PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES TO INSIST ON A CA-125 BLOOD  TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL  EXAMS.   Be  forewarned that their doctors might try to
talk them out of it, saying, IT ISN'T  NECESSARY." Believe me, had I known then what I know now; we would have caught  my cancer much earlier (before it was a stage 3 cancer).

Insist on the CA-125  BLOOD TEST; DO NOT take "NO" for an answer! The  normal range for a CA-125 BLOOD TEST is between zero and 35. MINE WAS 754.  (That's right, 754!). If the number is slightly above 35, you can have another  done in three or six months and keep a close eye on it, just as women do when  they have fibroid tumors or when men have a slightly elevated PSA test   (Prostatic Specific Antigens) that helps diagnose prostate  cancer.   Having  the CA-125 test done annually can alert you early, and that's the goal in diagnosing any type of cancer - catching it early.   Do  you know 55 women? If so, at least one of them will have this  VERY aggressive cancer.  Please, go to your doctor and insist on a  CA-125 test and
have one EVERY YEAR for the rest of your  life.   And  forward this message to every woman you know, and tell all of your female family members and friends. Though the median age for this cancer is 56, (and, guess  what, I'm exactly 56), women as young as 22 have it. Age is no factor.

A  NOTE FROM THE RN:   Well,  after reading this, I made some calls. I found that the CA-125 test is an  ovarian screening test equivalent to a man's PSA test prostate screen (which
my  husband's doctor automatically gives him in his physical each year and insurance  pays for it). I called the general practitioner's office about having th! e  test done. The nurse had never heard of it. She told me that she doubted that  insurance would pay for it. So I called Prudential Insurance Co, and got the  same response. Never heard of it - it won't be  covered.   I  explained that it was the same as the PSA test they had paid for my husband for  years.  After conferring with whomever they confer with, she told me that  theCA-125 would be covered.   It  is $75 in a GP's office and $125 at the GYN's. This is a screening test that  should be required just like a PAP smear (a PAP smear cannot detect problems  with your ovaries). And you must insist that your insurance company pay for it.   Gene  Wilder and Pierce Brosnan (his wife had it, too) are lobbying for women's health  issues, saying that this test should be
required in our physicals, just like the  PAP and the mammogram.

Subject: Ever lock your keys in the car?

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.
Distance is no object you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk!).

Editor's Note * It works fine! We tried it out, and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!

Mike's Note * I locked the car, had my youngest daughter call me while I was far away from the car. I clicked open into the phone and I could hear the car doors unlock through her cell phone.. My daughter confirmed that sure enough the doors opened.